Columbus Mayor Skip Henderson provided an update on the city manager search during the Columbus Council’s work session Tuesday.
Henderson began preparing the city manager search early this year after former city manager Isaiah Hugley filed paperwork in November 2024 to retire at the end of 2025. When the council fired Hugley in May, Henderson indicated that the timeline on the search would not move faster unless it could be done without sacrificing the process.
To help the recruitment, the city is working with the Arizona-based management consulting firm Mercer Group Associates. The team from Mercer working with Columbus primarily works in Georgia, Henderson said…